imo avoid Ron. If your still having clearance issues at the front with your header this traction bar will make matters worse. they hang pretty low and close to most headers
I think they are great. Car feels so much settled under acceleration, especially if your breaking traction. No need to remove anything. All I needed to remove was the plastic cover underneath. It all mounts to existing points. For the DC2 and most others its the front tow hook points and existing bolts on the LCA. I have the ETD ones. Definatly get a well know proven quality bar. As said inferior makes will mess with the geometry of your sussy and will cause binding. ETD ones have the two points on the LCA where as other only have the one. The ETD ones are also height adjustable (main bar) So if your low this will help.
imo avoid Ron. If your still having clearance issues at the front with your header this traction bar will make matters worse. they hang pretty low and close to most headers
nuts.
i was wondering coz when i went to wsid a few weeks ago, according to fatboyz from the sideline i was getting wheel hop (despite having solid mounts all around as you know).. but watching videos taped by a mate.. it seems i'm not getting wheel hop coz the tyres weren't moving but rather the entire car was hopping instead???
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deano... been reading your posts on this at crxaustralia... do you have pics of them installed from the front ort of under the car?
Originally Posted by Slow96GSR
If 1 person has had bad luck with a product don’t condemn it until you yourself have tested it. Now if 10 pros have tried it and it sucked then I would trust their opinion.
I think they are great. Car feels so much settled under acceleration, especially if your breaking traction. No need to remove anything. All I needed to remove was the plastic cover underneath. It all mounts to existing points. For the DC2 and most others its the front tow hook points and existing bolts on the LCA. I have the ETD ones. Definatly get a well know proven quality bar. As said inferior makes will mess with the geometry of your sussy and will cause binding.
what header , and what ride height are you running ? any clearance issues ?
running KYB AGX on dc2r springs.... was previously set on 2 damp all round and felt crap.. set it to 3f/2r and it felt like a stock dc2r.. set it to 4f/3r tonight and it feels very nice.. who knows that may fix my bounce issue....
was looking into the traction bar coz this lower tie bar that does nothing at the moment makes my car lower than it should just don't have the heart to take it off at the moment at the chance it does improve something since i've already paid for and installed it:
Originally Posted by Slow96GSR
If 1 person has had bad luck with a product don’t condemn it until you yourself have tested it. Now if 10 pros have tried it and it sucked then I would trust their opinion.
deano... been reading your posts on this at crxaustralia... do you have pics of them installed from the front ort of under the car?
I'll try and get some more photos tomorrow, but no promises, its a busy day being a father and all.
Originally Posted by bennjamin
what header , and what ride height are you running ? any clearance issues ?
It won't interfear with headers, all the bars go around them and stay clear. I have no header, just a 3 inch dump pipe close to the sump. My flex pipe is the lowest point. At my car height the ETD main bar has marginally under 100mm ground clearance. That is with it at its lowest adjustment, I could raise is another 2 heights.
*Ron that looks close. A hard launch that bounces your wheels could see that tiebar tapping against the collector. A traction bar will mount very similar to that shown plus more
traction bar is worth it. No they dont hang LOW. Get the right ones. Also we use the traction bar as a jacking point rather then on the stock radiator support which tends to bend. Header clearence is fine, but all comes down to the deisgn of the traction bar. We use toda, Big tube tri-y, Buddy club headers on our B series and no problems with clearence.
so what are the actual improvements? and how do you use it as a jacking point? just jack the bar? also i'm guessing you can't re-mount the tow hooks on top of the trac bar mounting bracket?
and what are the benefits of raising/lowering the mounting point or is that simply for clearance?
Originally Posted by Slow96GSR
If 1 person has had bad luck with a product don’t condemn it until you yourself have tested it. Now if 10 pros have tried it and it sucked then I would trust their opinion.
so what are the actual improvements? and how do you use it as a jacking point? just jack the bar? also i'm guessing you can't re-mount the tow hooks on top of the trac bar mounting bracket?
and what are the benefits of raising/lowering the mounting point or is that simply for clearance?
I still use the existing point to jack up the car. But yeh, you can use the Traction bar/main bar to jack up. It would be a good idea to jack near the side mount points though. Maybe I am just a girl.
No need to re-mount the old tow hook. The new bar is your tow hook, it has a slot cut in them for this purpose. Not sure on other brands, but the ETD ones do. See my photo above.
Raising and lowering the main bar is for clearance purposes only. I think only the ETD ones do this.
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Originally Posted by bennjamin
just don't have the heart to take it off at the moment at the chance it does improve something since i've already paid for and installed it:
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